Meanwhile, a number of radicals and conspiracy theorists paid for verification, including — ironically — Jason Kessler, whose 2017 Twitter verification resulted in a nearly four-year “halt” of verification. According to Media Matters, several of these newly verified right-wing accounts were already utilising them to spread disinformation. According to The Washington Post, a verified account impersonating Arizona candidate for governor Kari Lake tweeted that she had won her race even though it had not yet been called.
Twitter Blue memberships were no longer accessible on Twitter’s app or website by Friday morning. It’s also uncertain when it will re-launch. And, only two days after Musk said that the blue check would be “the great leveller,” Twitter revealed that the grey “official” badge will be reinstated in order to “fight impersonation.”
